Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
There is no habitat
information available for this species. This
species is an intermediate host for larval flukes
(Faust 1922). (Ref.
313455).
List of Habitats:
- 18 Unknown [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Architaenioglossa
()
- Haller, 1892
- Superfamily:
Viviparoidea
()
- Gray, 1847
- Family:
Viviparidae
()
- J.E. Gray, 1847
- Subfamily:
Viviparinae
()
- Genus:
Viviparus
()
- Montfort, 1810
- Specific name:
polyzonatus
- Frauenfeld, 1862
- Scientific name: - Viviparus polyzonatus Frauenfeld, 1862
- Specific name:
polyzonatus
- Frauenfeld, 1862
- Genus:
Viviparus
(
- Subfamily:
Viviparinae
(
- Family:
Viviparidae
(
- Superfamily:
Viviparoidea
(
- Order:
Architaenioglossa
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Viviparus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
V. ater (Italian River Snail) · V. georgianus (Banded Mysterysnail) · V. goodrichi (Globose Mysterysnail) · V. intertextus (Rotund Mysterysnail) · V. limi (Ochlockonee Mysterysnail) · V. subpurpureus (Olive Mysterysnail)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Faust, E.C. 1922. Notes on larval flukes from China. Parasitology 14: 248-267.
- IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 November 2011).
- Shellauction. 2010. Viviparus polyzonatus. China Available at: http://www.shellauction.net/auction_shell.php?id=550752&pres=1.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Rintelen, T. 2011. Viviparus polyzonatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 248787
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4756881
Footnotes
- Rintelen, T. 2011. Viviparus polyzonatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
